Author: Kunwar Anil Kumar
Editor(s): Shruti Srivastava
Publisher: Manoj Publications
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 169
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A
Description
Funny questions, funny answers, complicated problems, witty solutions – all put together for your entertainment.
Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the famous eight gems at the royal court of King Krishna Dev Rai, was the most wise and witty of them all and was held in great respect by the king himself. He always had to face a barrage of perplexing questions from the king and the courtiers alike, who took great delight in putting ‘teasers’ to him for the sake of fun and laughter.
Tenali Ramakrishna always faced the challenges gallantly and in good humor, and came off with flying colors. Even King Krishna Dev Rai had to bow to his opinions, knowledge and witty solutions.
How far these legends, that we have brought out through the pages of this book, are historically true, has never been found out for the simple reason that the supporting documents may not be existing in each and every case. So, it is more fun to enjoy these anecdotes, as they are, rather than to dig deep into them and look for the sources of their origin.
Contents
Blessed by Goddess Kali
Ramakrishna Exploits His Wits
Subba Shastri Gets a lesson
Debate over a Rare Book
The Last Wish of the King’s Mother
A Linguist
Changing A Dog’s Color
Whom Do Brahmins Worship
A Burnt Child Dreads the Fire
A Trunk Full of Ornaments
An Astrologer’s Prophecy
A Child is Above a King
A Bout With a Wrestler
Respectable Donkeys
Smoke of the Length of Two Arms
The Greatest Gift
Rewarding the Right Person
A Strange Present
Killjoy and a Greater Killjoy
A Compromise
How Many Crows
Who is More Shrewd
Crafty Move of the Spiritual Preceptor
Marriage of the Royal Well
Awarding Punishment
God’s Message
Magic Show with Closed Eyes
A Tribute